“…To estimate the number of infections from reported cases, two assumptions were made: (1) 100% of reported cases had overt illness; and (2) the proportions of infected individuals with overt illness are as follows: less than 5 years old, 7.0%; 5 to 9 years old, 37.0%; 10 to 14 years old, 71.0%; 15 to 49 years old, 75.7%; and 50 years and older, 86.0% (4,17). Under these assumptions, peak infection rates occurred between ages 2 and 4 years in each region (Table 1).…”